[BC] Re: Many Short-Wave International Stations Use Open wire

[Kent]

Oh indeed open wire works.

HUH, last time I drove past WWCR, they had a sloper running off of one 
of their MW towers.


DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote:

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>Most shortwave stations use open wire transmission lines.  Here in  
>Birmingham, WEWN has four Continental  500 kW,  Shortwave transmitters  which can 
>operate into several antennas, They are all fed by open wire.
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>WWCR In Nashville,  had four Continental 418-D, 100 kW traansmitters  and 
>four multi band Rhombics pointed in several directions.  All have open  wire 
>feeds. It actually is pretty efficient.
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>Dave Hultsman
>Continental Electronics
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